Su Qian nodded and said, "If we don't care about this, then there will be no meaning for us to join the association. I don't think we can stand by and watch."

"What do you know?" Mr. Su taught a lesson: "Since ancient times, the people have not fought with officials. We all sympathize with Manager Li, but we really can't help."

Su Qiandao: "Dad, since you let everyone have a meeting, there must be a way. The child feels that the adults are right, and businessmen should be grouped together, otherwise our business association is really meaningless. The adults have said before that the purpose of the establishment of the business association is to protect everyone."

More than a dozen board members looked at each other, and Mr. Su nodded and said, "Sir, let me tell you what you think first."

"First, monopolize the printing and dyeing materials in Luzhou, force the printing and dyeing to take over the work of the Li family, and at the same time, make Zheng Ping's textile factory unable to print and dye. This is not a big problem. I looked at it. There are a large number of the surrounding places that provide printing and dyeing materials. There are many jobs from our business associations. They dare not offend us. Second, mobilize textile factories of commercial associations in several nearby states to reduce the sales price of textiles, saturate the Luzhou market within half a month, crush the Zheng family. This explains the reason to them. I believe they are willing to give in, otherwise the matter will fall on them and no one will save them. Third, Yangping Money House put Li Decai on loan and waived the auction. Fourth, form a lawyer group and sue it.

If the Jiedushi fails, go to Beijing to file a lawsuit. It must be composed of people who are familiar with the law. Every move is carried out according to the law. Don’t let someone catch a handle and sue the crime of inciting rumors. Fifth, notify the Southeast Money House, please do not give the Zheng family a loan. Sixth, crack down on other industries of the Zheng family, hurting people with their principals and consuming the last penny. Seventh, the Royal News will follow up on this commercial dispute incident and report it in a real way. Last point, once the fire is brought up, there is no way to turn back, and no conditions for the Zheng family to surrender, and you must be beaten to death in one breath. Finally, the Zheng family is placed on the blacklist, and any industries that his descendants and nephews will interfere and ban them."

"..." After Ouyang finished speaking, the directors lowered their heads and whispered.

Su Qiandao: "At the trade meeting, many merchants joined the association. We are the only way to protect them. We are not competing with the business association in the same place and industry. We are guaranteed to help the business association industry and help them overcome competitors. I know the worries of uncles and uncles, so I worry that we will become bigger and shoot the first bird. But my nephew wants to say that the Yangping Money Bank has become bigger and almost went bankrupt last time. But why didn't the emperor suppress the money bank? First, it cannot be suppressed, and second, it is for the law.

If we are not convinced, the court also has a lot of taxes paid by the money shop every year. When the tea tax was already passed last year, the entire Song Dynasty banker would turn the salt tax and become the number one source of the Song Dynasty's treasury. Even if we grow bigger, we have no soldiers and no opposition to the court. If we grow bigger, the court will be easy to manage. The treasury will increase capital, the people will be healthy, and have food to eat and spend money, so why don't the court do it without social stability?" Su Qian did not say that many foreign policies of the court now need to be carried out through private merchants.

A director said: "Now, many of our wealth are in other places, and we are in Huangzhou and Shuzhou also have industrial shares. If we don't care about this, if there is any difficulty in foreign industries in the future, others will inevitably ignore it. Now we have a few money, and each person pays tens of thousands of yuan to settle the matter, which will also be of great benefit to the reputation of Yangping Business Association."

Ouyang said: "It may not be necessary to pay any money, as long as the relevant industrial chains are curbed. Without raw materials, processing, and market, no one can afford it. Besides, even if you want money, hundreds of merchants from all business associations are afraid that they can't fight a mere thrifty household?"

"Did it" the directors nodded.

"Well, Su Qian, please send someone to contact everyone. We will also be polite first and then soldiers. The Business Association will send a letter to make the Zheng family shrank. Otherwise, don't blame us for being polite."

...

Zheng Ping threw the letter aside and said disdainfully: "Yangping Business Association has a very long hand, but it actually came to Luzhou. The person who came, waited for the auction of the Li family factory, and the price of textile materials in the city will be increased by 30%." He calculated that even if the goods shipped from other places came, the price would only be higher than that of his own local prices.

But what happened next let him know what commercial sanctions are.

The first thing I came to report was the printing and dyeing factory. The owner cried and told him that the printing and dyeing factory had no raw materials. Someone said that the raw materials must be signed and only the work of the Li family factory was taken. Then it was dumped. Almost overnight, the textile materials in the four counties and prefectures in Luzhou were all saturated. Whether it was linen, cotton, or silk, the market price was only half of the Zheng family. The people saw that there was no reason not to take advantage of it, so they immediately started to buy it.

Zheng Ping was not an ordinary person, so he immediately asked someone to buy it. It was almost cost-effective not to buy it. But the more he bought it, the more frightened he became. Not only did he get a lot of goods on the market, but he also received news. Shouzhou, Jiangning Prefecture, Huangzhou, Shuzhou and other six regions began to dump Luzhou in a loss-making manner. Zheng Ping finally realized that it was the revenge of the Yangping Business Association, so he immediately stopped purchasing and lowered the price to sell backlogs. But when he was low, the Yangping Business Association began to purchase frantically. Zheng Ping was frightened that his raw materials had been used up. The local factories that provide hemp, cotton and other materials had stopped supplying him, let alone outside the country, not to mention that he couldn't even buy a piece of wool.

They are hurting people by themselves, they are losing money to gain publicity. After several rounds of competition, the Yangping Business Association is naturally even more disadvantageous, but the financial resources of the Yangping Business Association are not that Zheng Ping can resist. Now hundreds of people in the factory are free to get their salary if they don’t start work. Should they disband or stay? Close the door, invest in the spinning wheel, and all the money from the site is wasted, and all their lives are gone. If it doesn’t matter, when will they waste it?

While Zheng Ping was still hesitating, the news came. All the relatives and family businesses of the Zheng family were hit hard. Two of them borrowed money from Yangping Money House. The defendant confiscated the property and was imprisoned. Someone from the family asked Zheng Ping to reply. Even at this time, the Jieduan suddenly sent troops to General Ding Gang Luzhou and the magistrate of Meixian to arrest him. His uncle was also transferred to his idle position. After asking, he found out that it was a group of people who were specializing in lawsuits from the Yangping Business Association. People also said that the Jieduan had no explanation and directly sued the emperor. The crime was very simple, oppressing good people and robbing private property.

What's even more terrible is that when they started this, they borrowed money from the Southeast Money House, but now they forced themselves to pay it back, and if they didn't pay it back, they sued the government. The only thing Zheng Ping wondered was that many people who were not Yangping Business Association were also trying to kill themselves?

"So, people need to read newspapers, and businessmen need to read newspapers." Ouyang said while reading the newspaper: "Royal Newspaper is your partner in life." This newspaper had an interview with a reporter and wrote down the battle process between the two textile farms. Although it did not involve the government, a discerning person could tell at a glance that it was a collusion between officials and merchants. As a businessman without collusion between officials, what he hated the most was a merchant who colluded with officials. The positive aspects of public opinion were given to the Li family, and the negative aspects were given to the Zheng family. Many businessmen who were not Yangping Business Association were willing to make less money or lose a little capital to add to the injustice.

Su Qiandao: "Sir, Zheng Ping is ready to auction his own textile farm."

"It can't be sold." Ouyang said: "The magistrate of Luzhou said that part of this textile farm occupied the farmland and should be taken back by the government and farmed to the people. A person who does not go to the side will not make so much money. A person who goes to the side will always have countless flaws."

"Well. Also, it is expected that the total loss of Yangping Business Association this time is over 30,000 yuan. My father said that he used 50,000 yuan to make up for this debt. Others have expressed it. I said what you mean, that is, to post it according to the original share ratio." Su Qian said in a little puzzled after saying that, "Sir, I think there is a way to not lose money in this matter, and even make money. For example, as long as our money house takes a loan to support Li Decai, or control raw materials..."

"How long will it take? One or ten years to squeeze Zheng Ping out? Will Li Decai stop halfway? Su Qian, this is not a business of Zheng Ping's family, but rather shows the attitude of the Yangping Business Association. In order to protect the interests of merchants, we will lose money. And after this, there are more merchants in the Yangping Business Association alliance. Some people protect them, and they will stand up when others need protection. Indeed, we have lost this matter. But I believe that once there is a second thing, the business association merchants will consciously unite. This time there are two textile farms and a raw material factory that supplements part of the losses themselves? The businessmen who can join the Business Association are all a little knowledgeable. Know what it means to spend a small amount of money to make big money. Don't expect the seller of three cents of eggs outside to contribute to it. By the way, remember this time, if there is any benefit in the future, you should think about others first."

"Yeah, I know." Su Qian knew that Ouyang was talking about the matter in Xixia. After the war in Xixia, it was a headache for the rulers to clean up the mess, but it was a good place for merchants. When it comes to grain production bases, if a merchant can get a hundred acres of land, it would make a fortune. Xixia planting industry is mostly in plains, and farm tools such as oxen are particularly convenient to use, and refugees in the war are also of cheap labor. Animal Husbandry also has places where the leather industry in Song Dynasty was not achieved, and the prices remained high. The big reason was that the supply of raw materials was insufficient. This set up a breeding and processing base and then sold to Song, and the profit was not covered. All parties had interests. The court hoped to occupy the land to stabilize, merchants pursued interests, and generals hoped that merchants would pay to boost morale and win the battle.

Everyone knows the truth, but who can make food in this benefit? It can only be those merchants who collude with the army. Without the protection of the army, business cannot be carried out. Even if it is not allowed to be carried out, land enclosure will inevitably harm the interests of the local people. Without the help of the army, it will not be taken down. In addition, retail market merchants are also jealous. How should the army consume these hundreds of thousands of bonuses? This is a big market.

Ouyang had just sent Su Qian away, and someone came to visit him again. The person who came was Zhou An, the headmaster of the Southeast Money House. He was very good at speaking and put the gifts in the box when he came up. He said politely: "I have a little bit of my meaning, please accept it with a smile."

Ouyang smiled and said, "Shopkeeper Zhou, if you have the affairs of me as a magistrate, you don't have to give anything. If it's the matter between Yangping Money House and the Business Association, giving gifts is useless. What should you do?"

"It's just a little bit of local specialties, so I'm so serious."

"It seems we can't talk about things if we are ruthless."

Zhou An hurriedly heard Ouyang Xia’s order to expel the guest, saying, “Then let’s talk about business first.”

"Please talk to the shopkeeper Zhou." Ouyang is still very efficient in his work. He doesn't like to say or listen to polite words. He doesn't intend to spend his energy on this. For example, the leaders meet one meeting today and one meeting tomorrow, in fact, they need only one document. What's ridiculous is that there is a symposium on the spirit of the document. People who can't even understand the documents seem to be leaders. If taxpayers have a choice, they will definitely not raise a group of waste. Or Yang Ping, under Ouyang, has a very nervous rhythm.

Manager Zhou had already inquired about Ouyang's style of work and was now on the topic. Although there were policies such as Zhao Yu's support for tax exemption in the southeast, the policy was not implemented for a long time and was seriously damaged everywhere. It is now facing the problem of food and clothing. It is a big difference in wealth like the north. Therefore, although the Southeast Money House was opened, although it also connected with eight prefectures and thirty-one counties, the funds were severely broken, and the most important thing was that the deposits could not keep up with the number of loans. Moreover, due to the semi-family management, there were many omissions, bad debts often appeared, and there were several cases of loan collection.

After introducing the current situation, Manager Zhou began to talk about his ideas. The best idea was that Ouyang persuaded Yangping Money House to join forces and the Southeast Money House owner held in the Southeast. Even if it failed, I wanted Ouyang to come forward to help invite members of the Yangping Business Association to attend the trade conference held after the start of spring in Hangzhou, which was to attract large-scale investment. One step further was to hope to launch a commercial area with Yangzhou and Hangzhou as the center.

The Southeastern policy is good now. Some places are exempt from tax for three years, while some places are exempt from tax for half a year. In addition, the Southeastern labor force is much cheaper than the one in the north, so there is really a lot of potential to go there. This is also because of inconvenient transportation, and it can only be opened for markets in one state or several states.

Manager Zhou said: "When I was young, I had already greeted the officials in Hangzhou and Yangzhou. The two roads of the road were very much in favor of the small view." Of course, I agree that the local area is more prosperous, I will make more profits, and my life will be better. It is someone else's loss, and I will make a share in my own profit, so the fool will not do it.

Ouyang pondered for a while and said, "Shopkeeper Zhou, let me tell you the truth. You are not the time to come. You have to change it half a year ago, or one or two years later. Of course, this investment is fine. The Southeast is a large population and densely populated. Anyone who doesn't want to enter such a big market is a fool. But at present..."

"The little one knows it's Xixia."

Ouyang was a little surprised: "How do you know?"

Zhou An smiled bitterly and said, "I guess everyone in Xixia knows it now, let alone a villain who has some connection with the government. Adults are not greedy. In Yangzhou, Hangzhou and Hangzhou at least let some money go. Like Yangping, it will be good for the surrounding area. Yangzhou has a dock, and you can also go south or north to get a lot of money. Moreover, Yangzhou's seafood has always been famous. Hangzhou is one of the four major commercial ports and the most densely populated place in the southeast. Among them, silk fabrics, even Yangping, may not be as good as the neckline."

"I know that Jiaxian County, a prefecture in Hangzhou has 20,000 households and more than one million people. Not to mention the southeast, it is also the top three in the Song Dynasty." Ouyang said: "How about this, I will introduce you to the director of the Business Association, and give you a specific plan, and then contact you from other places to register merchants. The local people in Yangping are now unable to focus on the Southeast. If the Song Dynasty wants to have money, it is still Tokyo. There are many millions of people, and there are also many people who have millions of wealth.

Zhou Anxi said: "This is the best. You don't know. This money shop is most afraid of poverty. If you want to be poor in the local area, we have to drink rice soup together. The name of this Southeast money shop seems to be as good as that of Yangping Money House, but it is rich and shaved. After more than a year, I dare not say that I have made a profit, and I can't make ends meet when I support the store."

Ouyang smiled and said, "Shopkeeper Zhou, if you should learn what you should learn from Yangping Money House, you will learn everything you should not learn from you. In fact, I have always wanted to find you, and Su Qian also wants to meet you and make a gentleman agreement. Everyone has clearly defined the area, but the left and right are not boundaries. As for the dirty disease in the Money House in the Southeast, it is very easy to solve. People... please Su Qian come back."

Just as he turned around, he was called back again. Su Qian was a little puzzled. After entering, Ouyang Yi introduced him and felt a little bit in his mind: "Shopkeeper Zhou, Su stretched his neck to wait for you at the Yangping Negotiation Conference. I didn't expect you to look down on the small Negotiation Conference."

Zhou An smiled bitterly: "Shopkeeper Su laughed. To be honest, it was not that Zhou didn't want to come, but that he didn't dare to come. Yangping Money House has a lot of money, and my Southeast Money House has a lot of money. If you come, you can't lend money, you don't want to break up your sign."

Su Qian said the same thing as Ouyang: "Shopkeeper Zhou, don't blame Su for being abrupt. The Southeast Money House seems to be not learning from Yangping Money House. To be honest, Lord Ou tried his best to prevent the money house from expanding south because of the fear of the court. So when we arrived at the Huaihe River, we stopped."

Zhou An naturally knew what Su Qian meant: "The Huai River is bounded, but it is very clear."

"Don't get me wrong with Manager Zhou. If we draw the boundary between our two families clearly, your money house will be able to revive."

"I hope to hear the details."

"In the past two years, the people still have a few dollars for health and wellness in the Southeast An in the past two years. But the shopkeeper Zhou cannot learn from Yangping Money House. Yangping Money House has to charge money when entering and leaving Yangping Money House. And the Southeast Monkey House... Su suggests that it is to pay money and pay money. Simply put, if others save money, you give interest, and others ask you to get loans, you will get back multiple times of interest. Only when you have money can you lend money, and only when you have money can you fly tickets."

Zhou An thought about it and said, "Zhou has thought about this, but what if Yangping Money Bank also learns from Zhou..."
Chapter completed!